Pitcher, Cream

Object Name:

Pitcher, Cream

Object ID:

1984.049.02

Date:

1858

Description:

Pitcher, Cream. Silver plated on top of white base medal. Squat vase shaped body with tall neck and small spout. Loop shaped handle and round pedestal base. Double reeding around rim of spout. Hollow handle decorated in scroll work. Floral design on body done in repousse work. Twig and leaf design applied around bottom of base. Seam lines visible at juncture of rim and spout, at handle junctures at neck and body, at junctures of pedestal and base, and at juncture of base decoration. One of a five piece tea service (1984.49.1-.5).

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

H-7.9 W-5.125 D-4.25 inches

Provenance:

A teacher and principal of the Female Department of the Literary and Scientific Institution in New London, Mary Jane Prescott (1821-1894) received this tea set from her students as a wedding present. She married Rev. Lucian Hayden (1808-1896) in 1858. The couple moved to Indianapolis by 1870, where Lucian served as Superintendent and Mary served as Principal of another Female Institute. They had one child, Mary P., who died young.
The tea set was delivered by Mildred Crockett Tunis (1900-1993) of New London N.H., mother of the donor, Mary Jane Tunis-Schneider of Albany N.Y. Mildred's grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Prescott Henry (1828-1891), was the younger sister of Mary Jane Prescott. Their father was noted musical instrument maker, Abraham Prescott (1789-1858) of Deerfield & Concord, N.H.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary Jane Tunis-Schneider

People:

Prescott, Mary Jane (1821-1894), Hayden, Lucian (1808-1896), Nichols, M. A., Cheney, Melissa, Trussell, S. E., Green, P. J., Greene, Sarah, Baldwin, L. G., Flagg, Lucy A., Scales, Lissie A., Haley, Augusta C., Gove, Hellen E., Gove, Maria A., Jewell, Minnie C., Sinclair, Lissy M., Fisher, Ellen E., Todd, Sarah E., Burpee, A. E., Westgate, Hellen, Hurvey, Mary A., McCutchins, L., Jewell, Carrie, Stacy, Horace, Young, S. S., Colby, H. L., Martin, George K., Somes, A. P., Scales, John, Atwood, Solomon D., Pollard, George E., Smith, H. K., Tilton, A. V., Rowe, Charles R., Dinsmoor, Daniel S., Pillsbury, Charles A. (1842-1899), Flagg, W. L., Fellows, H. A., Rawson, M. C., Davis, A. L., Carter, M. O., Emerson, J. J., Hall, S. E., Clark, A. B., Gilchrist, S. Jennie, Brown, J. E., Smiley, A. L., Ambrose, M. J., Brown, M. L., Craft, S. E., Henry, Sarah E. (1828-1891), Crockett, Esther M., Tunis, Mildred C. (1900-1993), Tunis-Schneider, Mary Jane B., Gates, Arabella Maria Belle (1840-1870), Moulton, Clarence F. (1837-1922), Haley, C. Augusta (1840-1896), Burtt, Angelina M. (1837-1865), Currier, Mary A. (1832-1912)

Subjects:

Teachers